Total Random Thoughts By Kim

This has been such a weird year for our fruit trees and our garden. It was so hot for so long. This is our orange tree. Just a simple navel orange tree. Somewhere it got the wrong signals and here it is with green fruit and it is blooming like crazy. These oranges should be turning orange. It does smell wonderful though. The cold makes the orange blossoms smell like the best Christmas smell. Maybe it brings back the memories of oranges in the toe of my stockings when I was a kid.

The lemon tree is loaded too. My mouth waters every time I look at these lovely little lemons. It is a Myer Lemon Tree, so they are almost all juice anyway. But even they have got the wrong signals too.

I loved the color of the lemon blossoms. I think it is such a perfect color for Christmas don't you?

This is a pink grapefruit tree. I think this will be the first year we will get very nice grapefruit off of this tree. There really is nothing better than picking ripe grapefruit off the tree when it is cold and frosty and eating them. A bit of heaven I think.

My hens have all finally feathered out. They looks so pretty and healthy. Their combs are nice and pink again and their beaks have color. When hens are laying they loose the color in their faces. Their beaks get almost white and their combs get pale too. It is so nice to see them looking so plump and healthy and happy.

I know you can't see this very well, but it is the hen going in the gate with her little fluffy bottom showing. I just love it when they get there new feathers and they have the fluffiest petticoats.

Yesterday the eye doctor called to tell me that my sun glasses were in not my regular ones yet  though. I drove down and I was scared because the glare yesterday was so bad. They gave them to me and I put them on. All I can say is I must be just as blind as a bat. I could see. It was amazing. I could drive and not be afraid and I could see everything. I got home and I could see the Christmas tree and the individual lights on the tree. I walked outside and I could see the leaves on the trees. I even kept the sunglasses on in the house just because it was such a wonderful experience to be able to see. I hope my other glasses come this week.

I have been hooking this week. Trying to get finished with what I was working on for Christmas. Yesterday I started steaming the rug I had finished. Yesterday though my room smelled like I had been washing sheep all day. This morning I was taking my shower and I thought, " That rug really stinks what am I going to do? I can't give it to anyone smelling that bad."
The smell was horrible and it was getting worse. Then it dawned on me. It is a skunk. I won't tell you the words that crossed my mind but there was lots of colored expressions of how I really feel about skunks.
When I get up in the morning I let the cats out for a bit. So my thought was one of the cats got sprayed.
I went outside chasing my cats and sniffing them to see if it was them. They thought I had lost my mind. They would look at me with big eyes and mad expressions as they ran away from me.

The inside of my house smells like skunk. I finally broke down and opened a window and I have lit candles so now the inside smells like a apple/cinnamon/ skunk house. With a cold breeze blowing through. The skunk got hit and somehow the smell went right into my house I think due to the prevailing wind.

I hope you are having a nice week. I have another rug to finish up today. Sorry I can't show you pictures yet but I will after Christmas.
Have a lovely Wednesday,
~Kim~